Unattainable help

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From: Vince

Dear Health New Zealand,
When someone presents in the two hard basket.

Doctors acknowledge there is no treatment that they can help with and try to make referrals to specialist

The specialist ultimately decline

This person shows up to emergency department
To be told to go see her GP who can't help...

What does this person do to find help
What are the guidelines

The only solution is for her to apply topical steroid cream as a long-term solution given to her from her general practitioners x7 doctors over 3 years . And after multiple emergency department visits.

Second question
Does New Zealand limit the amount of specialist in the country

Why are you so limited dermatologist with a rather large and overflowing demand

And with Rheumatologist , Immunologist in the public health sector.

Third question
Assisted dying
If someone qualifies for all the eligibilities apart from being terminally ill
Which includes irreversible suffering and no satisfactory relief from symptoms.

What does New Zealand do to support these people with these debilitating symptoms who ultimately just want there symptoms to be at ease legally.... With The result of ending life or living with out the symptoms

As we're wanting the second option but only end of life is What the New Zealand health system is saying to us

But only once they become terminal 😂 they can help... so they have to suffer day to day and just moved under more paper I'm angry I'm fuming we are Soo broken it's dishearten shes only 35 and abandoned by new Zealand is how we feel from her

They say the only other solution is to seek mental health programs

Thy solely refer her back to emergency department and doctors saying her mental health stems from physical limitations due to physical symptoms and reactions

I call this

""""The circle of chronic life""""

Yours faithfully,
Her friend and now legal carer Tyler

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Kia ora Vince
 
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From: Vince

Dear hnzOIA,
It appears FYI has removed the email address for me to replay I will contact fyi. To see what they can inform me
Will touch base with them early tomorrow

Yours sincerely,

Vince

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From: Vince

I supplied you guys with a NHI number that is correct
You guys have replied back saying that is incorrect

I would just like some form of acknowledgment that the NHL number is right or working and you guys are looking through my request again...

Is this just going to loop around like every thing else that happens

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Kia ora Vince
 
We are writing to acknowledge that we have received the NHI number you
have sent us and that we are looking at your request again.
 
We will be back in touch as soon as we can.
 
 
Ngā mihi, 

Mark Fenwick
Government Services
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Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
 
 
 
 

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